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A Tight Labor Market: The New Normal

Modern Restaurant Management

The tightening labor market of 2024 presents a complex set of challenges for business owners, from a shrinking labor force to the increasing prevalence of counteroffers. The labor market landscape has shifted recently in ways that few could have predicted even a few years ago. percent in 2022 to 60.4 percent in 2022 to 60.4

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The American Restaurant 2022 (Post Pandemic)

Culinary Cues

Let’s start with what we are fairly comfortable saying: whatever “normal” is will likely not make an appearance until the end of 2021 – so…let’s begin our speculation with January of 2022 to be safe. Minimal staff, no long-term lease, no property taxes, no dining room, no service protocol, and social media as your only marketing initiative.

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Hungry for Growth: The Restaurant Industry in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

Some have even developed lucrative new business models that they will continue to apply and scale in 2022. Several other pandemic-related trends will continue into 2022 and beyond, and new trends will also emerge. Opportunities for 2022 and Beyond. Consumers are showing similar signs of permanent behavioral change.

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The 2022 ChowNow Calendar of Restaurant Marketing Moments

ChowNow

ChowNow’s calendar of marketing moments goes beyond the official holidays and gets your restaurant ready for the smaller but no-less-significant moments that everyone can relate to. Pair this calendar with our included best-practice marketing timeline, and make this year your restaurant’s best one yet. Download Now. Think local.

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Six Trends to Expect from Back of House in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

COVID has upended the way the industry operates, shifting everything from the way we serve guests to how sanitation works to what the supply chain and labor market look like. Here are six things you can expect to see in back-of-house tech in 2022. Expanding the Tech Stack.

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Industry Report: Restaurants face staffing challenges, old and new in 2023

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Table of Contents Biggest overall team management challenges Top priorities for restaurant operators Wage Increases Leadership and Training Programs Hiring and retention remain the biggest challenge for restaurants when it comes to team management overall. Operators look to wage increases as a top way to tackle the tough hiring market.

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Prepared to Win the War on Talent? Four Trends for Restaurant Operators to Consider in 2022

Modern Restaurant Management

Numerous shifts in both consumer behavior and the labor market have already left a lasting impact on restaurateurs. The GDP recovered to its pre-COVID level this past July, but with this growth arrived a more unsettled labor market, intensified competition for talent, spiked inflation and exacerbated ongoing supply chain pressures.

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